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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB0025 Introduced 1/9/2019, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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405 ILCS 5/3-610 | from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-610 |
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that as soon as possible but not later than 24 hours, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after emergency admission of a respondent to a mental health facility on an inpatient basis, the respondent shall be personally examined (rather than examined) by a psychiatrist. Provides that for the purpose of this provision, a personal examination includes an examination performed in real time (synchronous examination) via an Interactive Telecommunication System as defined in the Illinois Administrative Code.
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| | SB0025 | | LRB101 00199 RLC 45201 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-610 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (405 ILCS 5/3-610) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-610)
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| 8 | | Sec. 3-610.
As soon as possible but not later than 24 |
| 9 | | hours, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after |
| 10 | | admission of a respondent pursuant
to this Article, the |
| 11 | | respondent shall be personally examined by a psychiatrist. The
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| 12 | | psychiatrist may be a member of the staff of the facility but |
| 13 | | shall not
be the person who executed the first certificate. If |
| 14 | | a certificate has already been completed by a psychiatrist |
| 15 | | following the respondent's admission, the respondent shall be |
| 16 | | examined by another psychiatrist or by a physician, clinical |
| 17 | | psychologist, or qualified examiner. If, as a result of this |
| 18 | | second examination, a certificate is executed, the certificate |
| 19 | | shall be promptly filed with the court. If the certificate |
| 20 | | states that the respondent is subject to involuntary admission |
| 21 | | but not in need of immediate hospitalization, the respondent |
| 22 | | may remain in his or her place of residence pending a hearing |
| 23 | | on the petition unless he or she voluntarily agrees to |